Sitecore Sitecore-XM-Cloud-Developer Exam Actual Questions

According to the Sitecore XM Cloud Documentation for Developers1, a data source item is a content item that provides the content for a component. A data source item can have fields, such as text, image, or link, that can be edited by the content author in the XM Cloud Pages editor. To create a new component that displays content from a data source item, you need to follow these steps2:

Create or reuse a SXA Module, which is a folder that contains the renderings, data templates, and media items for your components.

Insert a new rendering item in the SXA Module, which defines the metadata and parameters for your component. You can also clone an existing rendering item that uses a data source item and modify it as needed.

Use the JSS CLI to scaffold out a new React component in your Next.js application, which defines the layout, style, and logic for your component. You can also copy and paste an existing React component that uses a data source item and modify it as needed.

Register the React component in the Components builder and add it to the Components library.

In the XM Cloud Pages editor, drag and drop the component to the page and select or create a data source item for the component. You can also edit the data source item's fields in the Properties panel.

2: Create a component that uses a data source item | Sitecore Documentation 1: XM Cloud Documentation for Developers - Sitecore

According to the Sitecore XM Cloud Documentation for Developers1, templates are the fundamental concept in Sitecore that determine the structure and behavior of content items. Templates define the fields, sections, and parameters that make up each item. Templates also enable inheritance, which allows items to share common fields and properties from their base templates. There are different types of templates in Sitecore, such as data templates, branch templates, and command templates2.

To create the data structures for a site, the developer should use data templates, which define the fields used to control how data is entered. Data templates form the framework around which items are built. Sitecore associates a data template with every item in the content tree. The field types determine the editing controls shown to the user and they contain the raw values that are stored in the database2.

The other options are not correct:

Rendering parameters are custom properties for a component that can be changed by the content author in the XM Cloud Pages editor. Rendering parameters allow the content author to customize the appearance and behavior of the component, but they do not define the data structure of the content item3.

Renderings are items that define the metadata and parameters for a component. Renderings link a component to a data template, a headless variant, and a rendering parameter template. Renderings are used to create and manage components in the Components builder, but they do not define the data structure of the content item4.

Component data sources are content items that provide the content for a component. Component data sources can have fields, such as text, image, or link, that can be edited by the content author in the XM Cloud Pages editor. Component data sources are based on data templates, but they are not templates themselves4.

2: Data definition and template overview | Sitecore Documentation 3: Create a component with rendering parameters | Sitecore Documentation 4: Create a component that uses a data source item | Sitecore Documentation 1: XM Cloud Documentation for Developers - Sitecore

According to the Sitecore XM Cloud Documentation for Developers1, a placeholder is a named location on a page where components can be inserted. A placeholder can have one or more components assigned to it, and the content author can add, remove, or reorder the components in the XM Cloud Pages editor. To create a placeholder for a page, you need to follow these steps2:

In the Content Editor, create or select a rendering item that defines the metadata and parameters for your component.

In the rendering item, in the Data section, in the Layout field, enter the HTML markup for your component. Include a placeholder tag with a unique name, such as <sc-placeholder key='my-placeholder' />.

In the Content Editor, create or select a placeholder settings item that defines the allowed components for your placeholder. You can also clone an existing placeholder settings item and modify it as needed.

In the placeholder settings item, in the Data section, in the Key field, enter the same name as the placeholder tag, such as my-placeholder.

In the placeholder settings item, in the Data section, in the Allowed Controls field, select the components that you want to allow in the placeholder. You can also use the Edit button to open the Allowed Controls dialog box and select the components from a tree view.

Register the component and the placeholder settings in the Components builder and add them to the Components library.

In the XM Cloud Pages editor, drag and drop the component to the page and use the placeholder to insert other components as needed.

2: Create a placeholder for a component | Sitecore Documentation 1: XM Cloud Documentation for Developers - Sitecore

According to the Sitecore XM Cloud Documentation for Developers1, in the Content Editor, you can set placeholder restrictions for your layout placeholders. These restrictions are applied on all pages in the site. For example, if you add restrictions for a footer, these apply for all footers on every page of the site. In this way, you can control the content that content authors can place in layout placeholders. To add a placeholder setting for a site, you need to create a placeholder item in the Layout/Placeholder Settings folder and enter the placeholder key and the allowed components2.

The other options are not correct:

A) The restrictions apply for all placeholders called headless-footer within a single site in the XM Cloud Content Management instance. This option is too narrow, as the placeholder restrictions apply to all sites that use the same placeholder key, not just one site.

C) The restrictions only apply for a placeholder called headless-footer on a designated page. This option is too specific, as the placeholder restrictions apply to all pages that use the same placeholder key, not just one page. However, you can create placeholder restrictions on specific pages in the Experience Editor, if you want to override the default settings3.

D) The restrictions only apply for subsequently created versions of a placeholder called headless-footer. This option is incorrect, as the placeholder restrictions apply to all versions of the placeholder, not just the new ones.

2: Set placeholder restrictions | Sitecore Documentation 3: Set placeholder restrictions | Sitecore Documentation 1: XM Cloud Documentation for Developers - Sitecore

According to the Sitecore XM Cloud Documentation for Developers1, the scope property is used to control the depth of the serialization tree. The scope property can have one of the following values2:

Self -- only the item itself is serialized, not its descendants.

Children -- the item and its immediate children are serialized, not the grandchildren or further descendants.

Subtree -- the item and all its descendants are serialized, regardless of the depth.

To limit the serialization of items under a Navigation item to just the item itself and then one step below, the developer should add the scope property with the value Children to the includes section of the serialization configuration file. For example3:

includes:

- name: Navigation

path: /sitecore/content/MySite/Navigation

scope: Children

2: The YAML serialization format | Sitecore Documentation 3: The XM Cloud build configuration | Sitecore Documentation 1: XM Cloud Documentation for Developers - Sitecore